Posted 29 November 2005 - 07:12 PM

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Definitely both, each for their use.. Linux is faster, osx is easier to use...

I often think that elements of both would make the ultimate OS, but could something as slick & coherent as osx come out of opensource? Then again, could the kind of versatility & support that linux has come from anything else?

Cons:1. Distro options can be duanting2. Cluttered with too many customizable options3. Horrible UI (sorry, I know this is debatable, but KDE and Gnome just require too many sacrifices. I have high hopes for KDE 4 though)4. Tough learning curve5. Little attention to detail6. Not noob friendly (for the most part)7. Important things like Flash, Java, MS Fonts, and even mp3 codecs don't come standard (most of the time)8. Self-compiling installation of apps9. Too many versions for good software distribution10. Lack of driver support

OS XPros:1. Simple to use, very intuitive2. Small learning curve3. BSD foundation4. Fast support and bug fixes5. Good community6. About to take over the OS world 7. Consistant UI

Cons:1. Not free2. Kernel is a mix-and-match, and not very well optimized3. Not the fastest OS4. PPC and x86 versions will make it difficult in the short term for simple software/hardware support5. Partially open source, but not quite6. Too much proprietary-ness (AAC, etc)

Posted 30 November 2005 - 05:04 PM

I rather use OS X than Linux. For one thing OS X was designed so that you would never ever need to use Terminal unless you wanted too. Linux on the other hand requires you to use Console with a lot of tasks. Almost all commercial desktop apps are available on OS X. Not a lot of commercial desktop apps are available on Linux.

Linux being free is great but you get what you paid for. Pay peanuts get peanuts. It may be robust but dont expect your granny to start her own Apache webserver on her computer.

Posted 30 November 2005 - 06:43 PM

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I have been trying to find a replacement for windows for a couple of years and have tried many version of Linux. The same thing has always stop me from using Linux and that is the many different ways to install programs. Plus the need to have this program to run this program (dependancies) never liked that. I'm not a fan of command line input and I just found that in Linux that all I was doing.

Mac on the other hand is easy to use, software is easy to install. I also like the look of Mac, Linux just looks like s**t and unfinished. Linux is a powerful OS but what good is power if the average user can't understand it. Mac is simple to use but still very powerful under the hood. Linux needs to be streamlined a bit, way to many versions. Linux will never be a main stream OS at least in the near future anyway. It will remain a hardcore geek thing until some better organization happens.

Posted 30 November 2005 - 07:15 PM

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If dependencies are what is holding you back, Try out Debian for a month or two. Get used to apt-get command or the GUI installer/ Update daemon. Even better, Ubuntu is a great beginner's nix OS. Automatrix is a great script if you need to install the most popular codecs, plugins, nV drivers, and more.

Posted 27 January 2006 - 04:52 PM

Overall Linux has much better foundations (thanks to GPL, Linux can use BSD code, but BSD can't use Linux code, which keeps Linux superior in my opinion) and is a lot faster.

But of course, OSX has a much nicer UI. (except the Finder application which sucks compared to Konqueror)
I always hated computers which aren't custom PCs (that include Apple).
OSX 10.4.3 works very well on my laptop, but I still prefer running Linux as my main OS.
Maybe I would use OSX more if it could replace Windows completly in the future (and Linux don't) and of course if I can get future versions of OSX to run on my computer.

Posted 29 January 2006 - 05:35 AM

I don' know how old those benches are but that about roght. The problem is that high end ATI drivers are closed sourse, unlike the nV drivers. They have been working on nV drivers for a while now. You can even have the same gui interface as Vista and OS X on an nV card. I can't say the same for ATI.

Posted 29 January 2006 - 04:30 PM

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I don' know how old those benches are but that about roght. The problem is that high end ATI drivers are closed sourse, unlike the nV drivers. They have been working on nV drivers for a while now. You can even have the same gui interface as Vista and OS X on an nV card. I can't say the same for ATI.

Yea, looks like if I'm going to run Linux, I should get a nVidia card, which I don't mind doing.